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1. [TowerTalk] Ground rod drivers. (score: 1)
Author: k3hx@juno.com (t colbert)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 23:30:56 +0000
I've had the screw-on pipe caps come off when driving ground rods. The threads cut into the pipe weaken it such that the metal gives way. Rod drivers can be rented, or if you are frugal like me, weld
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-01/msg00461.html (8,137 bytes)

2. [TowerTalk] Ground rod drivers. (score: 1)
Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 10:54:56 -0500
Or borrow one from a local farmer. For that matter, they only cost ~$15 for a real one. 73, Pete N4ZR Contesting is! The World Contest Station Database is waiting for your input at http://www.qsl.net
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-01/msg00465.html (8,494 bytes)

3. [TowerTalk] Ground rod drivers. (score: 1)
Author: EAvila@caiso.com (Avila, Edward)
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 08:47:52 -0800
DAMN guys.....I just bought a stake driver at ACE Hardware in town for $15 brand new......may be I could .....I can't image metal pipe and a cap costing much less? HI k6sdw Or borrow one from a local
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-01/msg00469.html (9,155 bytes)

4. [TowerTalk] Ground rod drivers. (score: 1)
Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:18:44 -0500
But these are hams, Ed .... would you deprive them of the fun of welding a strap on their homebrew metal post driver? Or the exhilaration of having it come apart in mid-wham? 73, Pete N4ZR Contesting
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-01/msg00473.html (8,410 bytes)

5. [TowerTalk] Ground rod drivers. (score: 1)
Author: w2up@mindspring.com (Barry Kutner)
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 21:05:48 -0000
And the weld WILL break. When I rented an 80 lb jackhammer from the rental shop, they didn't have the ground rod driver available, so they welded me up one. It broke on the first rod. Took it back, t
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-01/msg00476.html (9,045 bytes)

6. [TowerTalk] Ground rod drivers. (score: 1)
Author: kg5u@hal-pc.org (Dale L Martin)
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 18:23:02 -0600
I've kept as quiet as I can stand as long as I can stand. Year's ago, I drove one ground rod in with a hammer. I swore never again. The next ground rod went in with a homebrew piledriver: a gallon p
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-01/msg00484.html (9,611 bytes)

7. [TowerTalk] Ground rod drivers. (score: 1)
Author: n7us@arrl.net (Jim McDonald)
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 19:11:46 -0700
I feel like a straight man for a late night talk show host for asking the original question about ground rods. I guess we've all driven the point home. (And I do appreciate the advice, as I got them
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-01/msg00489.html (8,053 bytes)

8. [TowerTalk] Ground rod drivers. (score: 1)
Author: ae4mr@arrl.org (Dave Armbrust)
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:43:55 -0500
Well it all depends. If you are like me and have gone out and bought 1 1/2" ID water pipe thinking that I can be used as a mast! Seriously I have not priced these but $15 does seem like a bargain. An
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-01/msg00497.html (11,038 bytes)

9. [TowerTalk] Ground rod drivers. (score: 1)
Author: k2av@contesting.com (Guy Olinger, K2AV)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 23:41:21 -0500
My Ace Hardware guy never heard of a stake driver. You got a brand/model number so I can have him look it up? Thanks & 73, Guy -- Guy Olinger, K2AV Apex, NC, USA And it think your Plus does for $15 c
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-01/msg00559.html (12,399 bytes)

10. [TowerTalk] Ground rod drivers. (score: 1)
Author: w7ry@earthlink.net (Jim)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 21:27:28 -0800
It is a fence post driver....You need to go to a farm supply hardware store.... They are for driving metal fence posts into the ground (that you put around your horse pasture with barbed wire on them
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-01/msg00560.html (13,930 bytes)

11. [TowerTalk] Ground rod drivers. (score: 1)
Author: b_bradfield@yahoo.com (Brad Bradfield)
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 10:49:22 -0800 (PST)
Find another hardware guy who knows hardware. Fence post drivers are very common. 73, Brad, W5CGH == __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-01/msg00611.html (8,102 bytes)

12. [TowerTalk] Ground rod drivers. (score: 1)
Author: K3BU@aol.com (K3BU@aol.com)
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 15:45:22 EST
I drive my ground rods with piece of pipe slid over the ground rod to prevent it from buckling, get up on the folding ladder and hammer the heck out of the ground rod. Then cut the muchroomed end, co
/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-01/msg00616.html (8,125 bytes)


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